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Poems by Claude L. Penrose, with a Biographical Preface.
1st Ed., vi+271pp., 4to, portrait frontis., 51 photos. & other illus. inc. several of Penrose's decorative designs & watercolours of Western Front scenes, 3 text decorations. Privately printed by Harrison & Sons.
1919
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A misleadingly titled very substantial memorial to a regular gunner, Major Claude Quayle Lewis Penrose, M.C. & Bar. He was born in Florida in 1893 & in early youth had a disturbing method of "experimenting on his powers of endurance by knocking his curly head against a wall & persisting in the exercise until he made himself cry." His family returned to Europe when he was four & he was educated at the United Services College & the RMA Woolwich. Commissioned in the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1913, he went to France in November 1914, served with 119th Heavy Battery from January 1915 & was attached to 4th Field Survey Company on the Somme, planning counter-battery work & preparing panoramic photographs (he was awarded the MC for this work). Later he was appointed to command 245th Siege Battery (XIX Corps Heavies), won the Bar to his MC during the March Retreat & was mortally wounded by a shell which hit his Battery Command post on 31st July 1918 east of Ypres, then aged twenty-four. He died of wounds the following day at the 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station & his grave lies in Esquelbecq Military Cemetery. The first 173 pages consist of extracts from his voluminous and detailed letters and material contributed by colleagues to give a full account of his life & services, including much on the Somme 1916, also various extracts from his diaries, followed by 90pp. of his poetry; the last eight being on war themes. Orig. delicate cushioned glazed purple cloth binding, a comparatively VG copy as most encountered are dry & worn due to the delicate nature of the binding, sp. sunned o/w nice copy. See illustrations on our website.
£275
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BOWMAN (A.A.)
Sonnets from a Prison Camp.
1st Ed., xi+152pp. Lane.
1919
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Poetry with war &/or PoW themes. Bowman, a subaltern in the HLI, was captured in April 1918 & incarcerated in the Offizier-Gefangenenlager at Hesepe. Orig. blue cloth, gilt, sp. dull o/w VG & inscribed by the author: "With kind regards, A.A. Bowman Christmas 1921." See illustrations on our website.
£45
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CANDOLE (Alec de)
A Rubaiyat of the Trenches.
By de C. [i.e. Alec de Candole]. 1st Ed., 63pp. 195x117mm. VG in chipped dw. Fawcett & Co.
1917
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A long narrative poem. Alec Corry Vully de Candole was Ed. at Marlborough, left in 1916 to be commissioned in the Wiltshire Regiment, wounded with the 4th Bn. in Oct. 1917 then attd. 49th Bn. MGC, and was Killed in Action in France on 3rd September 1918. He was twenty-one and is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension. Blue paper covd. boards with white cloth backstrip & paper label to front, VG in dw & rare thus, although little chipped & rear panel torn with loss. [Not in Reilly]. See illustration on our website.
£145
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CHAPMAN (Guy, OBE, MC) Comp. & Ed.
Vain Glory: A Miscellany of the Great War 1914-1918 written by those who fought in it on each side & on all fronts.
1st Ed., xviii+762pp. VG in dw. Cassell.
1937
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Unsurpassed wide-ranging anthology of work by 200 authors: "an attempt to display the War... through the eyes of those who took an active part..." that includes much of the finest writing on the war. Orig. cloth, VG in sl. chipped dw. Nice copy. See illustration on our website.
£65
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CLARK (T.B.)
Poems of a Private: A Souvenir of France & Salonica.
10h Ed., 64pp., portrait frontis. Nicholson & Sons. nd (c.1918)
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The author also published "Rhymes of a Rifleman: A Souvenir of the Trenches" & various "broadsides." He served as a rifleman in the KRRC in France & Salonika, & verses in this work were written on both Fronts. Part of the profits of the book were destined for St. Dunstan's Hostel for blinded Sailors & Soldiers. Little chipped, near VG, & considering that this is the 10th Edition, remarkably scarce. See illustration on our website.
£25
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DAY (Jeffery, Flight-Commander, RNAS)
Poems & Rhymes.
2nd Ed., 66pp., portrait frontis. Sidgwick & Jackson.
1925
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Miles Jeffery Game Day was born in 1896, Ed. at Repton; received a commission in the RNAS & was shot down & KiA 27/2/1918. He had previously won the DSC over the Western Front. Contains a short memoir and a selection of war poems. 2nd Ed., orig. pale blue cloth with paper sp. label, VG. See illustration on our website.
£45
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HARVEY (F.W.)
A Gloucestershire Lad at Home & Abroad.
5th Imp., xv+64pp. VG in sl. rubbed dw. Sidgwick & Jackson.
1918
#62897
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Poems written at the front prior to the poet's being taken PoW; most originally appeared in the '5th Glosters Gazette.' Orig. plain blue cloth, VG in dw with titles to front & sp. Uncommon in dw. See illustration on our website.
£35
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KLAXON [Pseud. of BOWER (John Graham)]
On Patrol.
1st Ed., ix+236pp. VG in dw. Blackwood.
1919
#62335
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A long narrative poem of sea service during the Great War. Commander John Graham Bower, DSO, was a regular RN officer who commanded several submarines during the war (& was also author of "The Story of Our Submarines"). Orig. blue cloth, titled in black, VG in dw & very scarce thus. Rare, especially in dw. See illustration on our website.
£165
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MACGILL (Patrick)
Soldier Songs.
1st Ed., 120pp. Herbert Jenkins.
1917
#62436
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Poetry written while serving with the London Irish Rifles in France. Orig. green cloth, VG. See illustration on our website.
£25
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MACGILL (Patrick)
Soldier Songs.
1st Ed., 120pp. Herbert Jenkins.
1917
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Poetry written while serving with the London Irish Rifles in France. Orig. green cloth, titled in black, VG, nice clean copy. See illustration on our website.
£30
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